He Touched Me

A  L  O  H  A !

Cloud Dervish

" The universe is dynamic. 
When we are creative, 
we are the most alive 
and in touch with it."


Brad Dourif 

Sir James Galway

“ It is always pleasant

 to be urged to do something

 on the ground 

that one can do it well. ”

 George Santayana

" The secret of genius 

is to carry the spirit 

of the child 

into old age. . .

never losing 

your enthusiasm. "

Aldous Huxley 

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Going into a crowd

is not my habit.

But Sir James Galway

played in Honolulu on Sunday

so with my tall friend John

at my side, I braved

the Blaisdel Concert Hall.

Have I mentioned

that I have played flutes

of every sort

my whole life?

(when medically possible)

How could I pass this up?

His tone was instructive,

not a particle of air,

nor the tiniest vibration

out of place.

Woody.

He made that gold flute

sound like wood.

He also played

a penny whistle!

"I'm one of those amateurs,"

I said to himself afterwards,

"and I will be hearing your tone 

in my head for quite some time.

If you wouldn't mind-

would you touch my hand

with yours?"

He placed his atop mine,

I put my other atop his.

I think he closed his eyes.

An Angel Passed.

And so the 

Laying of of Hands

to inform my playing;

If not technically

then in my

confidence.

Who would YOU

like to meet?

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A  L  O  H  A !

  Don't go Provocative.

Stay "Amateur-Vocative"

Or even

Evocative.

You can be vocal

about it.

Just saying. . . 

" I would borrow

 my mom's red  Borghese lipstick 

and smear it on 

like a clown! "

Brooke Burns 

 Why this tree?

" The Dove, 

on silver pinions, 

- winged her peaceful way. "

James Montgomery 

 "Droplets at Rest"

"Droplets at Play"

"Do the things you know,

 and you shall learn 

the truth 

you need to know."

Louisa May Alcott

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Wishes of a Perfect Day

A  L  O  H  A !

" Part of being a Master

 is learning how to sing

 in nobody else's 

voice but your own."

Hugh Macleod

" I really just want 

to be warm yellow light

 that pours over

 everyone I love. "

Conor Oberst 

" The people who live

 in a golden age 

usually go around 

complaining 

how yellow 

everything looks. "

Randall Jarrell

" Your vision 

will become clear 

only when you can

 look into your own

heart. 

Who looks outside,

dreams; 

who looks inside, 

awakes. "

Carl Jung 

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Today is a crisp day here in Honolulu!

"The best weather on the planet"

a local meteorologist calls it.

When the Trade Winds blow,

and the Sun shines,

the Palms Wave,

 Waves roll in,

& People Smile.

The Ko`olau Mountains

are sharp enough

to cut your tongue.

Such are my wishes for you:

All the pleasures

of a perfect day!

Your Friendship is a Jewel

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Hawaii Calling

A   L   O   H   A  !

This curb in Downtown Honolulu on King St was cut from

 the reefs offshore. You can see tiny holes in it. 

(Click to Enlarge) It may well date back

 to Territorial Days, or even further.

" I had to dance topless 

for two years to make cash . . .

 But it was very enlightening. . . 

 I'm talking about

 light from the gutter. "

Susan Powter 

“We are all in the gutter,

 but some of us

 are looking at

 the stars.”

 Oscar Wilde

" Memory... is 

the diary that 

we all carry 

about with us. "

Oscar Wilde 

When Hawaii became the 50th US State

I was in elementary school

 (just barely).

Hawaii called out to me. 

Everything about her

enchanted me. I learned

 a few words of Hawaiian

from the National Geographic.

The islands were a long LONG away

from the snows of Philadelphia.

Sometimes I went with my Dad

driving around the City while he

conducted his business.

Arthur Godfrey's radio show

 was often on the radio,

(he was HUGE then)

with his ukulele's and trademark:

"How Ah Ya, How Ah Ya, How Ah Ya"

Which I heard as "How are You"

and also "Hawaii.."

I think that's what he meant

cause he broadcast from

 Honolulu sometimes.

There was one song I heard on his show

that is forever associated in my soul

with sunny leafy

 Philadelphia childhood 

days in the old Ford 

with my young father.

I had forgotten about that song

but it was not lost forever.

When I moved to Hawaii

I heard the song again!

It is called Kalamaula. Have a Listen-

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Here is uncle Arthur singing a Hawaiian classic 

about a little shack in Kealakekua Hawaii.

Our first Hawaii home WAS a little coffee shack in KEALAKEKUA!!!!!!

Hawaiian Chanting

A L O H A !

Kumu Hina

 Opens Bill Signing Ceremony Hawaiian Style!

Turn it up and HEAR the Ancients Awaken

Thank You, Honored Guest

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Hawaii's Real Secret

A  L  O  H  A !

Much has been made, and rightfully so,

 about the majesty, the beauty of Hawaii.

The song above (Do click on it)

 is an old patriotic song of this land.

It sings of the real treasures of Hawaii:

Na Pua

which in Hawaiian language means

The (plural) Flowers.

But it is not a song about flowers-

No, not these Pua.

The Hawaiians of old

loved to allude to things,

they loved riddles and 

figures of speech.

Everyone knew

Na Pua of Hawaii

ARE HER PEOPLE!

A Hawaiian Sense of Face

Yesterday . . . 

F O R E V E R !

TUTU means "Grandmother"

President Obama called his grandma:

"Toot." Anyone in Hawaii would "get" it.

The man on the right is my 

State Senator Brickwood M. Galuteria.

His is an ethnically Hawaiian face,

like Tutu above.

The man on the left is a local business leader,

His is a face OF Hawaii.

Only Native Hawaiians are HAWAIIAN.

I am a Hawaii resident, grateful to the 

host culture that has welcomed

and nurtured me for so many years.

Rep. Chris Lee & Constituents

The Hawaiian Monarchy

was multicultural 

before that was

a word.

I might have been a 

Hawaiian Subject,

though not a 

Native Hawaiian.

My friends, the Mahu Wahine. (Link)

 Respect is returning to them. 

AMEN to THAT!

“In Hawaii, 

we are all minorities, 

and we all deserve

 the same Aloha,” 

State Rep. Chris Lee

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Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams

- And dream your troubles away
 

A L O H A !

" If you look around, 

you can find a face of God

 in each thing, because 

He is not hidden

 in a church, in a mosque,

 or a synagogue, 

but everywhere. . .

Who finds Him, 

stays forever with him. "

 Shams Tabrizi

Hawaii State Library LINK

Opened February 1, 1913,Territory of Hawaii

A "Carnegie Library"

In 1841, 

life expectancy at birth 

was 40 years for males 

and 42 years for females.

By 1900 it was 

52 and 57.

Today it is 79 and 83. 

So many things change with time.

"Starting today, 

starting now,

those who have been 

invisible,

will be visible to themselves 

and to others. "

Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie

Upon signing Marriage Equality in our Island State, yesterday

13 November 2013

Now that I am not at the legislature every day

I hope to visit EACH of YOU!

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